However, her mom and brother depended on me now. She didn’t have a place at my home.
She was the one who started all that trouble. At this point, neither her mom nor Edwin wanted anything to do with her mess to avoid being tricked again.
Mandy was so angry that she yelled and screamed at the doorstep, refusing to calm down. She caused a huge scene. It was like watching a family tear each other apart. It was quite the show.
Finally, she could not take it anymore and caused a scene at my office. She claimed I made her homeless, stole her money, and would not let her brother and mom help her.
She thought she could get me fired, make me give in, and maybe even get something out of me.
But I had already decided to move far away to work at a branch office, leaving my old job at the headquarters behind.
Whenever someone came to the office to make a fuss, the company’s rule was to have security escort
them out.
Mandy did not know what to do, so she went online and started a live stream to tell everyone how miserable she was..
Edwin and his mom really cared about what people thought. They could not handle the rumors, so they secretly brought her back home.
Chapter 8
+25 BONUS
I was super busy helping my parents and Teresa move to the city where I worked, but my mother–in- law was still up to her usual tricks. She had always been the kind of person who loved drama, Without she just would not be herself.
Mandy had not been living with them for long when she met a so–called rich guy online.
She was thinking about getting a divorce, but David was stalling. My mother–in–law told her to go after the rich guy first and even helped her keep it a secret. So, Mandy left her kids with my mother–in–law and would dress up every day to meet this man.
I did some digging and found out the guy was just a middle–aged man with a bald spot and a big belly. He already had a family.
He was not rich at all, just a guy lying to women. Only someone as naive as Mandy would fall for it. My mother–in–law? She was just as silly, always thinking she was outsmarting everyone. After I got everything sorted out, I sent the divorce papers to Edwin. He was totally caught off guard when I said I wanted a divorce. He called me, demanding answers.
Your sister
I told him straight up, “Your sister and her husband are just disasters waiting to happen. I’m done dealing with them! And your mom, she’s always causing a scene, sending someone to the hospital every few days. I can’t take it anymore. We need to divorce.”
Edwin did not want to. He had nothing and did not think he could make it on his own. However, I insisted that the problem was his mom and sister. He got mad, and his stubborn loyalty to his family started to get in the way again.
“Janice, what are you trying to say? My family’s just a bother to you? What makes you so special? Just because you have a little money? We can get a divorce, but I want half of everything–the house, the car, and the savings. If not, no deal!”
He knew better than to ask for more than half.
However, why should he get anything? The house and car were mine before we got married, and there was hardly any money in the savings. I would get custody of our child, and he would still have to pay child support.
I told him firmly, “Then we’ll see each other in court.
After that, I blocked his number, and all was quiet.
